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safety lamp

NOUN
oil lamp that will not ignite gases
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The same gallery will host works by Ryan Gander, who will create sculptures inspired by northern inventions, from Joseph Swan's incandescent light bulb to George Stephenson's Geordie safety lamp.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2018

Again it was a result of an opened safety lamp igniting the gas.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2017

For it was in Newcastle in 1815 that the miners' safety lamp was first demonstrated, an entirely practical device made not for stylish appearance, but to stop miners from getting blown up.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2012

He was the discoverer of chlorine and laughing-gas, and the inventor of the miner's safety lamp.

From The Joyful Heart by Schauffler, Robert Haven

The alkalis and the principle of the safety lamp are concluded and fixed, the undulation is in progress, and somewhat uncertain as to how and where it may end.

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary



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